Yale Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Training Grant for Diabetes Research

摘要 我们建议开发一个跨学科的培训计划来培养生物工程师。 作为糖尿病领域的独立研究人员。这项计划的长期目标是 促进生物医学工程师在与以下相关的跨学科研究中的职业发展 糖尿病。该计划将建立在耶鲁大学在生物医学培训方面的丰富经验的基础上 工程师，这将与世界领先的糖尿病研究项目相结合。 本申请要求为五名博士后(医学博士、博士或博士/博士)提供博士后津贴。 每年的研究员数。这一要求是基于几个因素：1)持续的紧急需求 致力于研究糖尿病的生物工程学家。2)扩大的机会 由我们的跨学科培训教师提供。3)医疗机构数量的增加 有工程背景的居民。4)高素质的生物医学工程师申请 耶鲁大学博士后项目。我们在跨学科培训方面的经验表明，三个或三个 研究员需要更多年的研究培训来发展所需的技能 独立研究。我们相信，一个专门致力于向工程师介绍 前沿、跨学科的糖尿病研究将引领科学家的发展 准备好建立有影响力的糖尿病研究项目。 该计划将包括几个关键部分：(1)生物工程博士后的招聘 对糖尿病感兴趣的人。(2)将研究员与优秀的研究导师配对。(3) 研究员与生物工程和糖尿病方面的共同导师一起参与研究项目 研究。(4)参与核心教学研究课程。(五)批判严谨 学者和方案评估。(6)建立职业指导计划。而当 参加该项目的博士后研究员将有80%的时间专门用于 研究，并提供为期3年的支持。本节目的重点将放在 生物工程培训，这已被确定为糖尿病科学家 非常需要。为了实现这些目标，我们将利用几个既定的计划 在耶鲁大学专门为糖尿病培训而设计的。潜在的导师有很好的NIH支持 以及经过证明的糖尿病或生物医学工程方面的培训研究员的记录。 请参阅所需的T32相关支持表。表1列出了参与的部门； 表2列出了导师和排名；表3列出了导师部门培训计划；表4列出了 导师资助；表5列出了过去10年的导师培训生；表8列出了后 过去5年申请奖学金的博士生。 预计这项计划将导致培训杰出的生物工程师，他们将 开始专注于跨学科糖尿病研究的有前途的职业。

ABSTRACT We propose the development of an interdisciplinary training program to prepare bioengineers for careers as independent researchers in diabetes. The long-term goal of this program is to foster the career development of biomedical engineers in interdisciplinary research related to diabetes. This program will build on Yale's considerable experience in the training of biomedical engineers, which will be coupled with world-leading programs in diabetes research. This application requests postdoctoral stipends for five postdoctoral (MD, PhD, or MD/PhD) fellows per year. This request is based on several factors: 1) The ongoing critical need for bioengineering scientists dedicated to studying diabetes. 2) The expanded opportunities afforded by our interdisciplinary training faculty. 3) The increase in the number of medical residents with engineering backgrounds. 4) The high quality of biomedical engineers applying to Yale postdoctoral programs. Our experience in interdisciplinary training indicates that three or more years of research training are needed for fellows to develop the skills needed for independent research. We believe a program specifically dedicated to introducing engineers to cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research in diabetes will lead to the development of scientists ready to build impactful research programs in diabetes. This program will have several key components: (1) Recruitment of bioengineering postdoctoral fellows with interests in diabetes. (2) Matching fellows with superb research mentors. (3) Participation of fellows in research projects with co-mentors in bioengineering and diabetes research. (4) Participation in a core didactic research curriculum. (5) Critical and rigorous scholar and program evaluation. (6) Establishment of a career guidance program. While enrolled in the program, postdoctoral fellows will have 80% of their time specifically dedicated to research, and support will be provided for 3 years. The focus of this program will be on bioengineering training, which has been identified as an area where diabetes scientists are greatly needed. To achieve these goals, we will take advantage of several established programs at Yale specifically designed for training in diabetes. Potential mentors have good NIH support and a proven record of training fellows in diabetes or biomedical engineering. Please see the required T32-related supporting tables. Table 1 lists participating departments; Table 2 lists mentors and rank; Table 3 lists mentor department training programs; Table 4 lists mentor grant support; Table 5 lists mentor trainees over the past 10 years; Table 8 lists post- doctoral applicants for fellowships over the past 5 years. It is anticipated that this program will lead to the training of exceptional bioengineers, who will embark on promising careers focusing on interdisciplinary diabetes research.